Leonard Charles Lets Loose Fully Non-certified Unofficial Remix of Madlib, M.E.D. & Blu's "The Turn Up" Feat. Oh No (Dilla Month 2018)

Jeremy Toy is a New Zealand-based Shoegaze revivalist and one half of She's So Rad, who moonlights as "Leonard Charles:" a Hip-Hop-leaning producer, multi-instrumentalist, and Basement Funk originator. Since releasing his critically-acclaimed J Dilla tribute album, Basement Donuts, Leonard Charles has teamed up with Jellphonic, Reggie Blunt & kutcorners for a Rick James covers EP entitled ALL NIGHT LONG; earlier this year, he joined forces with Detroit emcee Guilty Simpson for "Breaking Over You" 7-inch on Japanese imprint WONDERFUL NOISE, which was premiered digitally right here at The Witzard. However, in recent weeks, Jeremy Toy was unfortunately, involved in a hit-and-run accident after a Leonard Charles gig and was left with two broken legs. Now, with nothing but idle time while his legs slowly heal, Toy has vowed to return to recording material as "Leonard Charles" from his bed with beat machine and a crate-full of records in hand.

Last week, on his first day home from the hospital, Charles effortlessly flipped a sample culled from Hugh Hopper & Alan Gowen's collaborative 1980 album, Two Rainbows Daily, as originally sampled by Jay Dee AKA J Dilla on Common's Like Water for Chocolate (2000.) Leonard Charles, then, added in a hard-as-nails acapella from M.E.D. Blu & Madlib's 2017 Bang Ya Head EP, The Turn Up featuring Oh No and The Lions' emcee Black Shakespeare. We now, have Leonard Charles' Fully Non-certified Unofficial Remix of M.E.D. Blu & Madlib's "The Turn Up," which he vows, will remain online, unless anyone has issues with it and he'll gladly take it down. Leonard Chales recently told The Witzard, via email, he's working on a number of projects from his bed-side home studio including, but not limited to, a 12-inch Basement Funk with "The King of The Boogie" himself, Leroy Burgess, as well as a collaborative EP with Guilty Simpson. Leroy Burgess is, of course, the one-time singer, song-writer, and producer of R&B/Jazz-Funk group Black Ivory, who have been sampled by everyone from RZA for Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... to Lil B on his 2012 White Flame mixtape.

"As Dilla Month draws to a close, I found myself discharged from a month-long stay in hospital. With both my legs broken, most of my day is spent in bed. First day out of the hospital, I mucked around with a sample from an album Jay Dee messed with for [Common's] Like Water for Chocolate and as the beat came together, I remembered that the latest M.E.D. Blu & Madlib joint was released as an acapella. I love that they did that, it's like, back when 12-inches had acapellas; this is a bit of fun, a throwback Boom-Bap beat. I love that sh*t. If it annoys the owners of this music, I'll take it down! Peace."

- Leonard Charles (@LeonardCMusic)

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Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of...

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

Lana del Rey [Lizzy Grant] effectively became 2011's "It Girl" with the release of her phenomenal debut single, "Video Games" (Stranger) . Like many struggling singer-songwriters, Grant has been signed, dropped, and significantly changed her public image since bursting onto the scene (2009). With that said, it can be assumed that Lana del Rey has collected just as many "haters" as she has avid supporters. To be perfectly honest, the only other artist I can think of that made this much commotion... garnered so much wide-spread buzz/hate and critical acclaim -- right out of the gates -- with just one track is Britney Spears . And maybe in this post- Mike musical era, that's the true synthesis of Pop Culture: Britney Lynn Spears . After months of repeated teasing and speculation, Lana del Rey 's major label debut, Born 2 Die will [finally] be released this coming Jan. 30-31, 2012. Pitchfork reports that it will feature "Off to The Ra...

Liberty Bell Cracked In 1/2: Ween - "Freedom of '76" (Gene Ween's Final Send-Off)

Chocolate & Cheese (1994) was one of the first albums I bought with my own money. I was in some sort of BMG Music Club , where you'd buy 5 CD's and then get 10 for "FREE." It was all sent through mail order and you picked the titles from some special booklet. I'm almost positive that Chocolate & Cheese's side boob-baring album cover was what initially drew me in... mind you, I was 12-15 and the zany Ween logo/middle finger CD graphic really didn't hurt either. Honestly, I forget how I really felt about it @ the time, but a few years later, my older cousin Josh told me that Ween were this BIG college "jam band." CKY did some sort pf 93.3 radio takeover to promote their new album and played "Freedom of '76" late that night on air. Needless to say, I re-visited Chocolate & Cheese @ about 20-something this go 'round and I fucking loved it! Ween were really weird, yet talented... almost too talented. I can vaguel...

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